After being ruled out of the series against Sri Lanka, Rituraj Gaikwad got a big responsibility, now he will take charge of this team

Mumbai. Despite performing brilliantly against Zimbabwe, Rituraj Gaikwad was dropped from Team India for the Sri Lanka tour. Cricketer Gaikwad, who is out of Team India, has now got a new responsibility. After the retirement of Kedar Jadhav in June, Ruturaj Gaikwad has been appointed as the captain of Maharashtra for the upcoming Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season.

27-year-old Rituraj Gaikwad, who was out of most matches in the last Ranji Trophy season due to injury and played only one match. Before Gaikwad, Kedar Jadhav led Mumbai. After his retirement, Gaikwad has been given this responsibility. Gaikwad has previously represented Maharashtra in ‘List A’ cricket. Where he has got success. Under his captaincy, India won the gold medal in the Asian Games 2023.

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Rituraj Gaikwad has so far participated in a total of 28 first class and 77 List A matches in domestic cricket. During this, he has scored 2041 and 4130 runs respectively. He has scored a total of 6 centuries in first class and a total of 15 centuries and 17 half-centuries in List A. Gaikwad’s performance in domestic cricket is undoubtedly amazing. Now it remains to be seen how Gaikwad performs in the upcoming Ranji Trophy.

Indian T20 squad against Sri Lanka: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khalil Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj.

Tags: Kedar Jadhav, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Team India